> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://developers.bloomcredit.io/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://developers.bloomcredit.io/quick-start/create-your-first-consumer.md).

# Create Consumers

## Consumer

A consumer represents a single, unique, real-world human being. The information provided when creating a consumer allows Bloom to look for that consumer's credit information across bureaus.

### Create a consumer

Once you have completed the API Authentication setup, you can start registering consumers within Bloom using the Consumer API. The consumer details include the following:

* Birth Date
* Last name
* First name
* Address
  * Street name and number
  * City
  * State Code
  * Zip Code
  * Country Code
    * If a country code is not specified, it will be set as US by default
  * Primary

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Primary Address**

A consumer may have multiple addresses, but one of them must be set as the primary address.
{% endhint %}

Check out the [Creates a Consumer](/reference/core/consumers/creates-a-consumer.md) API reference to learn how to send a `POST` request to Consumer API with the consumer's personal information in the request body.

The response will include an ID ( `consumer_id`) that is used to identify the consumer uniquely.

### Consumer Registration Example Request

You can see an example of a `POST` request made to the Consumer API below:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --location --request POST 'https://sandbox.bloom.dev/v2/core/consumers' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "data": {
        "type": "consumers",
        "attributes": {
            "ssn": "123456789",
            "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
            "name": {
                "first_name": "Michael",
                "last_name": "Scott"
            },
            "addresses": [
                {
                    "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
                    "city": "Scranton",
                    "state_code": "PA",
                    "zipcode": "18503",
                    "primary": true
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="HTTP" %}

```http
POST /v2/core/consumers HTTP/1.1
Host: sandbox.bloom.dev
Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 560

{
    "data": {
        "type": "consumers",
        "attributes": {
            "ssn": "123456789",
            "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
            "name": {
                "first_name": "Michael",
                "last_name": "Scott"
            },
            "addresses": [
                {
                    "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
                    "city": "Scranton",
                    "state_code": "PA",
                    "zipcode": "18503",
                    "primary": true
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript - Fetch" %}

```javascript
var myHeaders = new Headers();
myHeaders.append("Authorization", "Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN");
myHeaders.append("Content-Type", "application/json");

var raw = JSON.stringify({
  "data": {
    "type": "consumers",
    "attributes": {
      "ssn": "123456789",
      "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
      "name": {
        "first_name": "Michael",
        "last_name": "Scott"
      },
      "addresses": [
        {
          "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
          "city": "Scranton",
          "state_code": "PA",
          "zipcode": "18503",
          "primary": true
        }
      ]
    }
  }
});

var requestOptions = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: myHeaders,
  body: raw,
  redirect: 'follow'
};

fetch("https://sandbox.bloom.dev/v2/core/consumers", requestOptions)
  .then(response => response.text())
  .then(result => console.log(result))
  .catch(error => console.log('error', error));
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python - Requests" %}

```python
import requests
import json

url = "https://sandbox.bloom.dev/v2/core/consumers"

payload = json.dumps({
  "data": {
    "type": "consumers",
    "attributes": {
      "ssn": "123456789",
      "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
      "name": {
        "first_name": "Michael",
        "last_name": "Scott"
      },
      "addresses": [
        {
          "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
          "city": "Scranton",
          "state_code": "PA",
          "zipcode": "18503",
          "primary": True
        }
      ]
    }
  }
})
headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'POST',
  'url': 'https://sandbox.bloom.dev/v2/core/consumers',
  'headers': {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "data": {
      "type": "consumers",
      "attributes": {
        "ssn": "123456789",
        "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
        "name": {
          "first_name": "Michael",
          "last_name": "Scott"
        },
        "addresses": [
          {
            "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
            "city": "Scranton",
            "state_code": "PA",
            "zipcode": "18503",
            "primary": true
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Go" %}

```go
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://sandbox.bloom.dev/v2/core/consumers"
  method := "POST"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "data": {
        "type": "consumers",
        "attributes": {
            "ssn": "123456789",
            "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
            "name": {
                "first_name": "Michael",
                "last_name": "Scott"
            },
            "addresses": [
                {
                    "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
                    "city": "Scranton",
                    "state_code": "PA",
                    "zipcode": "18503",
                    "primary": true
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Consumer Registration Example Response

You can see an example of a response to a consumer registration request below:

{% code title="JSON" %}

```json
{
    "data": {
        "id": "720ba006-c578-4155-95ee-26013cfeb348",
        "type": "consumers",
        "attributes": {
            "ssn": "123456789",
            "date_of_birth": "1964-03-15",
            "name": {
                "first_name": "Michael",
                "last_name": "Scott"
            },
            "addresses": [
                {
                    "id": "355ac53e-4147-4fc6-8dba-537e853440aa",
                    "line1": "1725 Slough Avenue",
                    "city": "Scranton",
                    "state_code": "PA",
                    "zipcode": "18503",
                    "country_code": "US",
                    "primary": true,
                    "metro2": {
                        "line1_metro2": "1725 SLOUGH AVENUE",
                        "city_metro2": "SCRANTON",
                        "state_code_metro2": "PA",
                        "zipcode_metro2": "18503"
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

{% endcode %}


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